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Transportation and Distribution

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Transportation Scheduling

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TD Scheduling : Module Objectives

 Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

– Create the a Bulk Schedule for a Shipment
– Know associated setting required during Scheduling

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Transportation Scheduling

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Transportation Scheduling: Activities

Plan transport-
related services
Schedule Route and stage
deadlines determination

Determining the
means of transport
and the driver Printing documents/
output

Determining
partners (e.g. carrier) Entering texts/
comments

Document
selection Compatibility
checking
Compartment
planning

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Transportation Scheduling: Vehicle/Driver Assignment

 One or more vehicles can be assigned to the shipment

 Vehicle master data can be changed at that time for a particular shipment
 Driver assignment can only occur after a vehicle has been assigned to the
shipment
 One or more drivers can be assigned to each of the scheduled vehicles

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Transportation Scheduling: Vehicle/Driver Assignment

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Transportation Scheduling: Document Assignment

 The underlying documents

that can be assigned to and
processed within a bulk
shipment include:
– Shipping notifications
– Deliveries
– Reservations
 During scheduling,
documents are assigned to a
shipment as load and/ or
discharge relevant. These
documents are the basis for
material postings

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Transportation Scheduling: Document Assignment

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Transportation Scheduling: Partner Assignment

 Partners can be assigned at the following levels

– Shipment header
– Vehicle
– Shipment stage
 At each stage multiple partners can be assigned
 The shipment costing process uses the partner assignments to calculate and
settle costs with service providers(partners)

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Transportation Scheduling: Partner Assignment

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Transportation Scheduling: Compartment Planning

 Compartment planning is about how a vechicle should be loaded

 Assignment of a product is carried out at the compartment level for the
vehicles assigned to the shipment
 Product compatibility and customer compatibility checks are carried out during
compartment planning, as well as checks on weight and volume constraints
 A possible next step is to confirm the shipment, in which case the status
changes to indicate the shipment is available for loading

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Transportation Scheduling: Compartment Planning

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Transportation Scheduling: Shipment Status

 The status of the individual vehicle and plant in the shipment is monitored,
which in turn determines the overall status of the shipment
1 – partially scheduled
2 – completely schedule confirmed
3 – partially load confirmed
4 – completely load confirmed
5 – partially delivery confirmed
6 – completely delivery confirmed
 Shipment cost relevant data can be changed before creation of a shipment
cost document even if the shipment has reached status 6:
– Partner (for example a carrier), Vehicle routes, Stage details, and Assignment of
documents to load and discharge points

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Shipment Scheduling: Module Summary

 You should now be able to:

– Create the a Bulk Schedule for Shipment
– Know associated setting required during Scheduling

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